Vitalik Buterin Calls for Added Focus on Ether as Part of the Network's Scaling Plans - Crypto, CoinDesk, layer, ethereum, eth

Vitalik Buterin Calls for Added Focus on Ether as Part of the Network's Scaling Plans

Ethereum scaling plans and network applications should start supporting the network’s native ether to further bump value for the asset, co-founder Vitalik Buterin wrote in a post on Friday.“We should pursue a multi-pronged strategy, to cover all maj

Everyone's Talking About Trump's Meme Coin. That's Bad News for Crypto. — Barrons.com - crypto, litecoin, Crypto, Americas, trump, value, dogecoin, meme, solana, one, xrp, hedera, second, Dow Jones Newswires, bitcoin, shiba inu

Everyone's Talking About Trump's Meme Coin. That's Bad News for Crypto. — Barrons.com

By Ian SalisburyPresident Trump's meme coin is getting a lot of attention, just as cryptocurrency seems poised to enter many mainstream investment portfolios. It may remind investors why they stayed away in the first place.The crypto industry has hig

SEC Withdraws Controversial Crypto Tax Accounting Bulletin - house, senate, crypto, sec, Crypto, CoinDesk

SEC Withdraws Controversial Crypto Tax Accounting Bulletin

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a new Staff Accounting Bulletin Thursday withdrawing its controversial SAB 121.SAB 121 directed banks and other public companies that they had to mark any customers' crypto assets on their own bal

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index Lost 0.91% to $103320.10 — Data Talk - Indices, Crypto, Dow Jones Newswires, three, 2024

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index Lost 0.91% to $103320.10 — Data Talk

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index is down $950.28 today or 0.91% to $103320.10Down three of the past four daysDown two consecutive days, down 2.64% over this periodWorst two day stretch since the two days ending Jan. 9, 2025, when it fell 4.77%Up 10.6% mo

Trump Signs Executive Order Boosting Cryptocurrencies — WSJ - Crypto, Dow Jones Newswires, order, trump, Americas

Trump Signs Executive Order Boosting Cryptocurrencies — WSJ

By Amrith RamkumarPresident Trump just signed an executive order intended to support the cryptocurrency industry, following through on a campaign promise to support a sector that helped him get elected.The order creates a "working group on digital as

SEC's Crypto Task Force Clearest Sign Yet of Pivot From Gensler Era — Barrons.com - senate, sec, Crypto, Dow Jones Newswires, gensler, trump, crypto, force, Americas

SEC's Crypto Task Force Clearest Sign Yet of Pivot From Gensler Era — Barrons.com

By Kenneth CorbinEven without a permanent chairman confirmed to lead it, the Securities and Exchange Commission is wasting no time in signaling a departure from the work of the previous administration.This week, on the first full day of the new admin

Crypto Critic Elizabeth Warren Probes Trump's Meme Coin Venture - CoinDesk, donald trump, Crypto, trump, three, tron

Crypto Critic Elizabeth Warren Probes Trump's Meme Coin Venture

Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling foul on President Donald Trump's meme coin, pressing for the U.S. Office of Government Ethics and financial regulatory agencies to dig into the ethical and regulatory details around the $TRUMP token.Warren, who is

Ethereum Lost 0.21% to $3249.78 — Data Talk - Crypto, Dow Jones Newswires, based, ethereum

Ethereum Lost 0.21% to $3249.78 — Data Talk

Ethereum is down $6.78 today or 0.21% to $3249.78Down two consecutive days, down 2.47% over this periodDown 2.84% month-to-dateDown 2.84% year-to-dateDown 32.3% from its all-time high of $4800.00 on Nov. 9, 2021 (based on 5 p.m. levels)Up 46.54% from

The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation Fracas - solana, usdt, apy, CoinDesk, bitcoin, six, Crypto, stacks, nft, trump, usdc, defi, one, ethereum, dao

The Protocol: Ethereum Foundation Fracas

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk's weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech development. I'm Ben Schiller, CoinDesk’s Opinion and Features editor.In this issue:DAO governance tool mergerEthereum Foundation dramaStablecoin

SEC Withdraws Controversial Crypto Tax Accounting Bulletin - Crypto, CoinDesk

SEC Withdraws Controversial Crypto Tax Accounting Bulletin

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published a new Staff Accounting Bulletin Thursday withdrawing its controversial SAB 121.SAB 121 directed banks and other public companies that they had to mark any customers' crypto assets on their own bal

Trump Creates Working Group to Study Bitcoin Stockpile, Other Changes for Crypto — Barrons.com - senate, bitcoin, sec, Crypto, Dow Jones Newswires, order, trump, crypto, one, Americas

Trump Creates Working Group to Study Bitcoin Stockpile, Other Changes for Crypto — Barrons.com

By Joe LightPresident Trump signed an executive order meant to spur the crypto industry in the U.S. It marks a 180-degree turn from the crackdown seen under President Biden's administration, but stops short of creating the Bitcoin "strategic reserve"

DAO Governance Platform Agora Acquires Older Competitor, Boardroom - nft, Crypto, dao, one, CoinDesk, trump, ethereum

DAO Governance Platform Agora Acquires Older Competitor, Boardroom

Agora, a blockchain governance startup, is set to acquire its competitor Boardroom. The company framed the acquisition as a strategic move to enhance governance within the broader Ethereum ecosystem, citing expectations of renewed growth in decentral

A New (Digital) Age at the SEC - crypto, Crypto, ats, reg, six, one, CoinDesk, sec, etp

A New (Digital) Age at the SEC

As technology evolves, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) must evolve with it. Nowhere is this truer than in crypto, and now: The market for crypto assets has grown in size and sophistication such that the SEC’s recent harmful approach

Binance Labs Gets Major Overhaul With CZ Taking Active Role in Investments - CoinDesk, Crypto, labs, cz

Binance Labs Gets Major Overhaul With CZ Taking Active Role in Investments

Binance Labs, the former investment arm of exchange giant Binance, gets a major overhaul under a new name, YZi Labs, with former Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao being closely involved in the operations, the firm announced on Thursday.The rebrand mean

Anvil Launches DeFi Protocol for Letters of Credit - Crypto, three, satoshi nakamoto, defi, CoinDesk, usdc, loc, credit, ethereum

Anvil Launches DeFi Protocol for Letters of Credit

Payments remain the big unsolved use case of the internet. When we buy something online, we generally use a traditional payment method, like a credit card, which isn’t “native” to the experience. Your ability to transact with a merchant is verified b

DOGE and TRUMP ETFs May be Coming But Should Institutional Investor Trade Them? - doge, donald trump, Crypto, three, meme, one, CoinDesk, sec, trump, zero, etf, solana, ethereum

DOGE and TRUMP ETFs May be Coming But Should Institutional Investor Trade Them?

It took institutions over a decade to take bitcoin seriously as an investment vehicle, even though well-known financial pioneers had embraced the largest cryptocurrency on the market years earlier.But not even one year after the launch of the spot b

Trump Issues Crypto Executive Order to Pave U.S. Digital Assets Path - crypto, donald trump, Crypto, CoinDesk, trump, ai, order, bitcoin

Trump Issues Crypto Executive Order to Pave U.S. Digital Assets Path

U.S. President Donald Trump has come through with an eagerly awaited executive order on crypto that directs his administration to establish friendly policies to put the industry on solid U.S. footing and looking into establishing a "digital asset sto

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Stablecoins - CoinDesk, tether, fx, trump, visa, usdc, one, ask, Crypto

Crypto for Advisors: The Growth of Stablecoins

In today’s issue, Alec Beckman from Advantage Blockchain explains stablecoins and their growing use cases for institutions and advisors.Then, CK Zheng from ZX Squared Capital shares tips on preparing for tax season in Ask and Expert.- Sarah MortonYou

WazirX Wins Approval From Singapore Court to Repay Users Following  $230M Hack - million, tornado cash, CoinDesk, wazirx, 2024, Crypto

WazirX Wins Approval From Singapore Court to Repay Users Following $230M Hack

Indian cryptocurrency exchange WazirX has won approval from the Singapore High Court to restructure after the $230 million hack last year.The High Court has allowed WazirX to convene a scheme meeting with users in a "significant step" towards distrib

Behind MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Bet: Investors Who Usually Play It Safe — WSJ - Americas, Dow Jones Newswires, zero, four, Crypto, bitcoin

Behind MicroStrategy's Bitcoin Bet: Investors Who Usually Play It Safe — WSJ

By Vicky Ge Huang and Gregory ZuckermanMichael Saylor and his company MicroStrategy are making a massive bet on bitcoin. Their biggest backers include an unlikely group of insurance companies, mutual funds and other usually conservative bond investor